Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 Bluetooth send file Failed Fix/Solution

Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 Bluetooth send file Failed Fix/Solution November 5, 2007

Posted by asimag in N73, N95, Nokia 6300, Nokia Symbian, OS X Leopard.
trackback

In Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 Bluetooth send file will fail from any Handset.

Reason & Resolution:

In OS X Leopard Bluetooth File Sharing is disabled by default. You need to turn it on in Preference -> Sharing Tab

Thanks for the Tip Rafa

Comments»

1. Alessandro - November 5, 2007: i have a MBpro 2,4 Ghz with an upgraded to Leopard OSX, and work really fine with my n95 from and to file transfer.

Reply
2. rafa - November 21, 2007: Solution:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306631

Great Leopard.

Reply
3. asimag - November 22, 2007: Thanks works great

Reply
4. Jackson - November 30, 2007: I would have never guessed that would be in sharing or disabled by default. Thanks so much.

Reply
5. applegirl - December 21, 2007: thanks so much for the tip, never would have found it myself, and i dont know if nokia phone support would have either!!

Reply
6. nikki - January 20, 2008: I open sharing file and set to accept and save but not working for my mobile phone Ummmmmmmm what i should do ..

Reply
7. Abdulaalim - February 10, 2008: thank u

Reply
8. oli - February 22, 2008: Thanks a lot. I was blaming my new N95, until I tried with my old 6680, that had been sending files without a problem for ages. I then guessed it had something to do with Leopard. Google returned this page as the first match, and voilà! Thanks again.

Reply
9. Anthony - July 11, 2008: Thanks,

I had to check the Bluetooth sharing option in Sharing System Preferences.

Reply
10. Simon Rycroft's musings - July 15, 2008: Bluetooth OS X…

Holy cow, this took me far too long to locate. Why is OSX’s ability to receive files via Bluetooth hobbled under the sharing settings?
……

Reply
11. Ederic - July 15, 2008: Will try this when I get home. Thanks a lot. 🙂

Reply
12. Paul Hurst - August 7, 2008: Bob ON!

What great log you have here! I’m going to link here from mine!

Reply
13. johnwwwatson - August 26, 2008: You are the Mac-Shizzle! I love my Nokia N90 and loved Blue-toothing pics to my Mac “Daily” but the new and awesome Leopard forced me to connect with usb. Just like my initial keyboard challenges, I now see it was I not Apple that stuttered. Thanks!!!

Reply
14. name - September 1, 2008: Hi!,

Reply
15. Attapon - September 5, 2008: Thanks for you help.

Reply
16. Kalu Mba Idika - October 30, 2008: Connect my N6300 to macs os x leopard 10.5 …

Reply
17. Kalu Mba Idika - October 30, 2008: I want to always check my emails

Reply
18. philip - November 6, 2008: my bluetooth is receiving but it wont let me go on send file.
does anyone know how to fix it?

Reply
19. DanBUK - January 19, 2009: Thanks for this, I was getting very confused as to why I couldn’t send files to my Mac Book.

Reply
20. xdryanngee - January 23, 2009: Hi! i use a macbook aluminium and i can receive files from other macbook but i can send. When I click send it says – You cant send a file because bluetooth sharing is off. go to bluetooth preferences and turn bluetooth sharing on.’ but when i go to the bluetooth sharing tab it says bluetooth sharing is on. what do i do’

Reply
21. 156leaks - May 1, 2009: thanks for that – much appreciated.

Reply
22. Jayp - December 12, 2009: Hi done all this and still file transfer fails to my lg viewty…mmm.have looked over the net to find the solution but have found nothing else.can any1 help me please…thanks

Reply
23. Francis - March 27, 2013: make sure its connected by going to Set Up Bluetooth Device:)

Reply